[Federal Register: August 30, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 169)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[CFDA No.: 84.133G]
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services; National
Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research; Notice Inviting
Applications for New Awards Under Field Initiated Research Projects for
Fiscal Year 2001
Purpose of the Program
Field-Initiated (FI) projects must further one or both of the
following purposes: (1) Develop methods, procedures, and rehabilitation
technology, that maximize the full inclusion and integration into
society, employment, independent living, family support, and economic
and social self-sufficiency of individuals with disabilities,
especially individuals with the most severe disabilities; and (2)
improve the effectiveness of services authorized under the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended. FI projects carry out either
research activities or development activities. In carrying out a
research activity, a grantee must identify one or more hypotheses, and
based on the hypotheses identified, perform an intensive systematic
study directed toward new or full scientific knowledge, or
understanding of the subject or problem studied.
In carrying out a development activity, a grantee must use
knowledge and understanding gained from research to create materials,
devices, systems, or methods beneficial to the target population,
including design and development of prototypes and processes. Target
population means the group of individuals, organizations, or other
entities expected to be affected by the project. More than one group
may be involved since a project may affect those who receive services,
provide services, or administer services.
Goals 2000: Educate America Act
The Goals 2000: Education America Act (Goals 2000) focuses the
Nation's education reform efforts on the eight National Education Goals
and provides a framework for meeting them. Goals 2000 promotes new
partnerships to strengthen schools and expands the Department's
capacities for helping
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communities to exchange ideas and obtain information needed to achieve
the goals.
This notice would address the National Education Goal that every
adult Americans will be literate and will possess the knowledge and
skills necessary to compete in a global economy and exercise the rights
and responsibilities of citizenship.
The notice of final competitive preference points for the Field
Initiated competition is published elsewhere in this issue of the
Federal Register.
Eligible Applicants: Public and private organizations, including
institutions of higher education and Indian tribes and tribal
organizations, are eligible to apply for awards under this program.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: October 27, 2000.
Application Available: August 29, 2000.
Maximum Award Amount (per year): $150,000.
Note: Consistent with EDGAR 34 CFR 75.104(b), we will reject any
application that proposes a project funding level for any year that
exceeds the stated maximum award amount for that year.
Reasonable Accommodation Language: We will consider, and may fund,
requests for additional funding as an addendum to an application to
reflect the costs of reasonable accommodations necessary to allow
individuals with disabilities to be employed on the project as
personnel on project activities.
Estimated Number of Awards: 30.
Note: The estimated funding level in this notice does not bind
the Department of Education to make awards, or to any specific
number of awards or funding levels, unless otherwise specified in
statute.
Project Period: 36 months.
Applicable Regulations: The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR), 34 CFR Parts 74, 75, 77, 80, 81,
82, 85, 86, 97, 98 and 99; and the following program regulations: 34
CFR Part 350.1 (a)(2).
Note: Research activities involving human subjects supported by
awards under these programs are subject to Department of Education
Regulations for the Protection of Human Subjects (34 CFR part 97).
Information can be found on the research Web Site at: http://
ocfo.ed.gov/humansub.htm
Invitational Priorities: We are particularly interested in
applications that address one of the following invitational priorities.
However, under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(1) an application that meets an
invitational priority does not receive competitive or absolute
preference over other applications. The invitational priorities are:
(1) Projects that identify and evaluate approaches for the use of
information technology innovations and systems to promote the
independence and quality of life of persons with disabilities; (2)
projects that address the impact of managing medication therapies on
work transition issues for persons with HIV-AIDS; (3) collaborative
international assistive technology and rehabilitation engineering
projects including, but not limited to, projects that could be carried
out under Science and Technology Agreements between the U.S. and other
countries; (4) projects that identify and evaluate health management,
medical rehabilitation, or community integration needs of persons with
newly recognized disabilities such as multiple chemical sensitivity
(MCS), chronic fatigue immune deficiency syndrome (CFIDS), or other
auto-immune related diseases; and (5) projects to identify and develop
methodologies appropriate for use in community-based research on
various aspects of disability, rehabilitation, and living independently
in the community.
The invitational priorities are based on NIDRR's Long-Range Plan
(the Plan). The Plan can be accessed on the World Wide Web at: http://
www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/other/1999-12/68576.html
We encourage applications from minority entities. The term minority
entity means an entity that is a historically Black college or
university, a Hispanic-serving institution of higher education, an
American Indian Tribal College or university, or another institution of
higher education whose minority student enrollment is at least 50
percent.
Selection Criteria: In evaluating an application for a new grant
under this competition, we use selection criteria chosen from the
selection criteria in 34 CFR 350.54, as well as the ten additional
competitive preference points that have been announced in a notice
published elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register. The
selection criteria to be used for this competition will be provided in
the application package for this competition.
For Applications Contact: Education Publications Center (ED Pubs),
P.O. Box 1398, Jessup, MD 20794-1398. Telephone (toll free): 1-877-433-
7827. FAX: (301) 470-1244. If you use a telecommunications device for
the deaf (TDD), you may call (toll free): 1-877-576-7734. You may also
contact ED Pubs via its Web site: http://www.ed.gov/pubs/edpubs.html or
its E-mail address (edpubs@inet.ed.gov). If you request an application
from ED Pubs, be sure to identify this competition as follows: CFDA
number 84.133G.
Individuals with disabilities may obtain a copy of the application
package in an alternate format by contacting the Grants and Contracts
Services Team, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW.,
room 3317, Switzer Building, Washington, DC 20202-2550. Telephone:
(202) 205-8351. If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf
(TDD), you may call the Federal Information Relay Services (FIRS) at 1-
800-877-8339. However, the Department is not able to reproduce in an
alternate format the standard forms included in the application
package.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Donna Nangle, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 3414, Switzer Building,
Washington, DC 20202-2645. Telephone: (202) 205-5880. Individuals who
use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the TDD
number at (202) 205-4475. Internet: Donna_Nangle@ed.gov
Individuals with disabilities may obtain this document in an
alternative format (e.g., Braille, large print, or computer diskette)
on request to the contact person listed in the preceding paragraph.
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Note: The official version of this document is the document
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Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. 764.
Dated: August 23, 2000.
Judith E. Heumann,
Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.
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